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Reflections on Life in the San Juan Islands
Reflections on Life in the San Juan Islands Author:Mary Kalbert Reflections on Life in the San Juan Islands is a series of essays on island living in the Pacific Northwest. They are wistful, introspective and laugh-out-loud funny. Admirers of The New York Times? Verlyn Klinkenborg will find a kindred voice in Kalbert?s natural instinct for the telling detail. A winter day begins with ?the wind howls down the... more » chimney like a hungry cat." A summer filled with spotted fawns, plate sized crabs, boating and flying begins when ?long days have grown into dazzling stalks of sunlight." The Trumpeter swans that arrive each November are a gentle reminder that to all things there is a time and a season. Reflections on Life in the San Juan Islands is a must read for those who want a glimpse of island life from the inside.« less